# update submodules when cloning project

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-submodules-when-cloning-project/36126>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-submodules-when-cloning-project/36126 "2021-12-17T10:16:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Tudor\_Cordune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Andrei\_Tudor\_Cordune](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrei_Tudor_Cordune)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-submodules-when-cloning-project/36126/1 "2021-12-17T10:16:34Z")

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Hi everybody,  
I need to keep track of a submodule dependency across multiple playbooks on git;  
I was wondering if it’s possible to override the default behaviour of awx when cloning the playbook prior to a job run, like updating the submodules.

I presume the clone feature is implemented in awx using the ansible.builtin.git module, which provides a track\_submodules argument, set to “no” by default. The ability to set this to yes would do the trick.

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**Author:** ![Sarabraj\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Sarabraj\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sarabraj_Singh)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-submodules-when-cloning-project/36126/2 "2022-01-05T21:31:54Z")

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Hi,

Could you let me know which version of AWX you are running please?

Sincerely,  
Sarabraj